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Lowenstein, Henry, 1925-2014

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Biography

Henry Lowenstein was born Ernst Heinrich Loewenstein on July 4, 1925 in Berlin, Germany to Dr. Max Moses Loewenstein and Marie [Maria] Lilli Margarete Batge Loewenstein. Henry Lowenstein died in Denver, Colorado on October 7, 2014. In 1939, an English family agreed to sponsor Henry and he was sent out of Berlin on the Kindertransport. His family remained in Germany until 1946, when the emigrated to the United States. In 1947, Henry was finally able to join his family in the United States after emigrating from England.

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His Gestapo-issued ID, 1939 (Ernst Heinrich Israel Loewenstein; In 1939, the Nazi government required that Jewish men add the middle name "Israel" and use it in all official documentation)
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His emigration report, 1939 (Ernst Heinrich Israel Loewenstein)
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His Kindertransport travel letter, 1939 (Ernst Loewenstein)
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B333.01.0001.0001.00008 Lowenstein Family Holocaust Papers (Henry Lowenstein)

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Heinrich Loewenstein's Jewish Scout Association Membership Card, 1938

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Identifier: B333.01.0001.0001.00012
Abstract Membership card issued by Deutscher Makkabi-Kreis e.V. --Jüdischer Pfadfinderbund Makkabi Hazair, the Jewish Scout Association, to Heinrich Loewenstein [Henry Lowenstein] in Berlin, Germany. Inside the front cover is a stamp from the Jewish Scout Association and a photograph of Heinrich. The first page has been filled out by hand with information about Heinrich including his birth date and place, address, and the year he started in the scouts. The next page has been initialed for each...
Dates: 1938